Boston Bruins at Montreal CanadiensJan 6, 2027

Time TBDWednesday, Jan 6, 2027

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: MTL +12.1 pts

BOSaway−12.1 pts

Back-to-back · 402 km travel

B2B vs rested MTL −9.3 pts
Backup likely (67%) −2.8 pts

MTLhome+12.1 pts

1 day rest

BOS on a B2B +9.3 pts
BOS backup likely (67%) +2.8 pts

MTL has the schedule edge (+12.1 pts net win probability): bos on a b2b, bos backup likely (67%), b2b vs rested mtl, backup likely (67%).

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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Michael DiPietro67%
Jeremy Swayman33%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 4–3 at WPG · Oct 2

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka
10:21
L2Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
9:44
L3Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
9:21
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:01
D1Lindholm – Borgen
15:02
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
14:50
D3Clifton – Zadorov
14:33
PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Peterka – Lohrei
2:56

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Montreal Canadiens

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jakub Dobes81%
Samuel Montembeault10%
Jacob Fowler9%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–2 at TOR · Sep 29

L1Kreider – Suzuki – Caufield
10:28
L2Newhook – Slafkovský – Demidov
9:55
L3Danault – Texier – Dach
9:22
L4Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
7:09
D1Carrier – Hutson
14:10
D2Matheson – Dobson
13:14
D3Struble – Xhekaj
8:26
PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:21

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Game day: all games on Jan 6.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.